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June 5, 2020 Community, Podcasts
Empowering Ideas: A Philosopher Talks About Bad Hope, Good Hope and Despair
Professor Andrew Chignell of the University Center for Human Values teases out a pathway to hopeful engagement in pessimistic times.
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June 4, 2020 Community, Service
Greig Metzger ’82 and Little Free Library Locations Answer a New Need
Since sheltering in place due to COVID-19 began in March, many people who share books through Little Free Library boxes recognized a new opportunity. Some have added canned goods, homemade masks, craft supplies for kids, even toilet paper to their book-sharing boxes. (PHOTO: Greig Metzger ’82 and Heather Butts ’94 at a Little Free Library event in September 2019.)
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June 2, 2020 Community, Education,
Princeton University Library launches COVID-19 oral history project
Princeton University Library is collecting oral histories about the COVID-19 pandemic from students, faculty, staff, and alumni for the University Archives. The COVID-19 & Me: Oral History Project, led by Project Archivist for Student Life Valencia L. Johnson, aims to archive how people in the Princeton community are experiencing the effects of the ongoing crisis.
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June 2, 2020 Arts/Cultural, Community, Podcasts
Innovating an Institution: TIME Editor-in-Chief Considers COVID-19’s Impact on Journalism
From legacy media to community newspapers, journalism faces pressure on several fronts as it reports on one of the most important stories of our lifetime — a global pandemic and economic crisis that also threaten the news business. Edward Felsenthal ’88 offers his take on what news media must do to continue its essential work.
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June 1, 2020 Education, Health Care, Policy, Research, Technology
Hisashi Kobayashi *67 Engineers Pandemic Model and Support for Princeton
While on an extended visit to his native Japan due to the global coronavirus pandemic, former dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science Hisashi Kobayashi *67 is developing a mathematical model that he hopes can capture the epidemic’s behavior — for the benefit of all who are tracking the virus.
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June 1, 2020 Community, Health Care, Research
Nabarun Dasgupta ’00 Uses Mobile Data to Study Social Distancing Patterns
Epidemiologist Nabarun Dasgupta ’00 and his team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill set out to examine social-distancing patterns by studying location data from 65 million mobile devices to isolate key factors, such as limited access to doctors, public parks and recreation facilities, and food insecurity.
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June 1, 2020 Community, Service
Driving Mantra for David Azen ’80: Everybody Goes to Bed Well Fed
Rabbi David Azen ’80 established Fresher Sacramento in 2006 on the simple idea that everybody should be able to go to bed well fed. The nonprofit has expanded its activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing healthy food to people who need it most — seniors, the homeless, and folks in neighborhoods called “food deserts” because fresh food is difficult to find.
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May 29, 2020 Community, Service
Noah Buchholz Provides Service to Deaf Community During the COVID-19 Crisis
Lecturer Noah Buchholz, who teaches American Sign Language, is part of the team interpreting Governor Phil Murphy’s daily press briefing. Learn how Buchholz and other interpreters convey the Governor’s messages to the deaf community.
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May 29, 2020 Education, Policy
Where Does Journalism Go From Here? News, Media and COVID-19
Journalism has seen intense difficulties over the last decade, but the current crisis has shown just how important that work is and how newsrooms are innovating to keep it going. Midstory’s Logan Sander ’18 chatted with Joe Stephens, award-winning reporter and founding director of Princeton University’s Program in Journalism.
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May 29, 2020 Education, Podcasts
Imagining the Future of Higher Education: What Comes Next?
Not all colleges and universities will survive this pandemic, says Kate Foster *93, president of The College of New Jersey. But the forest fire raging through higher education will also make room for new growth — opportunities for creative partnerships and possibilities.
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